Chapter 16: So please watch closely, my transformation!

Probably everyone has fantasized about being the one and only special person in this world.

As a child, you’d fantasize that when you reached the age you saw on TV, maybe fifteen or sixteen, you would encounter a world crisis.

At that moment, you would become the chosen one, power in hand.

In that very instant, shouting something about love, bonds, or friendship, you’d charge at the enemy.

By the time you entered society, these thoughts would gradually fade, until you finally became just one of the masses, indistinguishable from everyone else.

Lin Yi struggled back to the dormitory.

She didn’t think that just because she was reborn, she had become that one and only person.

Even with the System, she didn’t develop any ambitions to dominate the world or become the strongest human.

After all, the System couldn’t directly give her money.

She still had to put in all the effort herself for everything, far inferior to Deep Blue.

But she still held onto that childhood anticipation and, after earning money, responded to it.

Being utterly exhausted, she had to take a shower and sleep, not waking up until after two in the afternoon.

Yan Jianxing still wasn’t back.

It was the perfect time to inspect the goods.

She turned on her phone’s video recording function, then unboxed the items in front of the camera.

One main belt unit, requiring four AA batteries to operate, and one Ichijo-san’s Phone Toy.

Toei, you owe us an Ichijo-san belt!

As for the other items, like the Sublimation Form Leg Armor, Lin Yi tried it on and found it was a size larger than her own leg.

She guessed it could only be for display, not for practical use.

Everything was fine.

That older guy hadn’t even peeled off the protective film on the belt before selling it to her at such a low price.

Touching.

Following the online tutorial step by step, she carefully installed it and fastened the belt around her waist.

She would never forget this weight.

Finally, it was time for the transformation…

She closed her eyes, imagining herself in a burning church, facing the Bat Grongi, with Ichijo-san fallen, delivering the classic lines…

Bang bang bang.

“Is anyone there?”

Lin Yi opened her eyes, immediately took off the belt, stuffed it into her backpack, and opened the door.

It was someone from the Student Council.

They were here for fire and theft prevention safety promotion signatures and to notify that visitors from other schools would be touring the campus this afternoon.

Lin Yi reluctantly signed the safety form and saw the Student Council member off.

The dorm wasn’t safe, and the soundproofing was terrible.

It seemed she needed to relocate.

She carried the belt to the back of the Teaching Building.

On weekend afternoons, hardly any students came to the Teaching Building to study, so she could let loose freely.

Lin Yi put on the belt again, closed her eyes, and imagined herself in a burning church…

It’s connecting, Godai-san!

Even the BGM started playing.

So satisfying.

In reality, Lin Yi had pressed the button on the belt, and the belt’s built-in speaker played the music and lines.

‘I’m going to fight!’

‘Why do you keep saying things like that!’

Lin Yi shouted in sync with the lines: “I don’t want to see…”

“I don’t want to see you!”

What the heck, why is there an echo?!

Lin Yi hurriedly turned off the belt and peeked around the corner of the wall.

A girl was throwing an envelope at another girl, screaming hysterically, “Go spend your life with that guy! You kept saying you loved me, but in the end, you still got a boyfriend!”

Then, one ran, the other chased, and both girls disappeared from sight.

Lin Yi silently put away the belt.

It seemed this place wasn’t safe either.

Speaking of which, how can they even have romantic relationships in an all-girls school?

Isn’t that nonsense?

Lin Yi thought these people were sexually repressed to the extreme.

She wasn’t like that; she only loved transforming.

So, Lin Yi moved to the back of the Club Building.

Although it was a bit noisy here, since the outdoor basketball court was next door, most people’s attention was on the basketball and the girls playing.

This was the perfect blind spot!

Lin Yi put on the belt for the third time, closed her eyes, and imagined herself in a burning church…

Connecting again, Godai-san!

‘I don’t want to see… anyone else shedding tears because of these guys!’

Urgh, ugh, fighting fiercely with the Grongi!

‘I want everyone to be happy!’

“So please, watch carefully…”

Thud!

Smack, smack, smack!

A basketball bounced to Lin Yi’s feet.

“Don’t hit the basketball like it’s a baseball!”

“Hey, hey, hey, don’t think you can show off just because you see so many visiting junior sisters, you jerks. Have some restraint!”

The girl coming to retrieve the basketball arrived behind the Club Building, only to see the lonely back of someone leaving with a backpack, unsure what this person was doing there.

Lin Yi finally arrived at the school’s Back Hill.

Surely, no one would be here this time.

She was determined to recreate the classic transformation lines today.

If she didn’t transform, she wasn’t human!

Lin Yi put on the belt for the fourth time, closed her eyes, and imagined herself in a burning church…

Godai-san, I promise this is the last time I’ll connect!

Four times!

Four times!

Forgot the beginning, forgot the middle, forgot the end.

Anyway, she had to immediately deliver the line.

“So please, watch carefully…”

“Waaah—”

Lin Yi was tired.

She opened her eyes and saw a little boy crying, wandering around the woods on the Back Hill.

How can a little boy spawn in the Back Hill of an all-girls school?

The boy wiped his eyes and also saw the pretty big sister wearing a belt, striking a strange pose next to a camphor tree.

For a moment, the boy forgot how to cry, just staring blankly at Lin Yi.

Lin Yi blinked, then took two steps forward, squatting down halfway.

“What’s wrong? Are you here alone?”

The little boy looked at Lin Yi’s belt and said haltingly through tears, “I, I, can’t find my sister.”

So he was lost and crying.

If it were a girl, she’d probably say the boy was cute, but since Lin Yi’s inner self was male, at this moment she could only say…

“You might not understand, but I think a man who can keep smiling even in a difficult situation is the coolest!”

The boy didn’t quite understand why this pretty big sister suddenly said something so random.

Seeing the boy about to cry again, Lin Yi sighed and put her hands on her hips.

Sound effects played from the belt, and then Lin Yi struck the transformation pose.

“So please, watch carefully… my transformation!”

The LED red light on the belt immediately lit up, and the little fan whirred.

Lin Yi felt she had achieved self-redemption.

Then, she gave the boy a thumbs-up, showing her approval.

But the boy stared at the belt and said, “Big sister, why can’t this belt insert cards?”

Huh?

“Why doesn’t this belt have a handle to spin?”

What?

“Why can’t this belt insert locks or phones?”

Heh.

Shallow!

The little boy pouted.

“It’s not as good as my classmate’s.”

Lin Yi was about to overheat.

“Little friend, do you know how much this belt costs, daring to speak to me like that?”

Lin Yi instantly matured into an adult, starting to measure the whole world with money.

The little boy was intimidated.

He couldn’t guess how much this thing was worth.

“Su Ji! You’re here! I’ve been looking for you for ages!”

“Sister!”

The little boy ran past Lin Yi.

Su Kui’s younger sister, Su Xun, whom Lin Yi had seen at the restaurant at noon, appeared before her.

Come to think of it, that seemed to be the case.

Was this a coincidence?

Su Xun scolded Su Ji properly, then turned to Lin Yi.

“Thank you, Miss Lin. It’s good you were here.”

“Not at all, not at all. I just happened to run into him. I was taking a walk here, so it’s fate, hahaha.”

Not taking a walk.

The little boy Su Ji hugged his sister, tears falling again.

“The Spark Lens Sister Kui gave me got lost. I looked for it for a long time but couldn’t find it, and then… I got lost.”

“Silly, it’s just a toy. If it’s lost, I’ll buy you another one. But if you got lost, what would your sister and I do?”

After comforting him for a while, Su Xun bowed in thanks.

“Thank you, Miss Lin. We should get going now. The teacher over there is quite worried.”

“Wait.”

Lin Yi stopped the two of them, looked at the belt on her waist, and took it off.

She handed it to Su Ji, blinking.

“If the Spark Lens is lost, how will you fight monsters and protect world peace? Big sister will lend you this belt!”

Su Xun immediately expressed concern.

“Miss Lin, that’s not good. What if he loses it again…”

“It’s fine. Lending it to a child to play with for a couple of days won’t hurt.”

Su Xun looked at Su Ji and reluctantly compromised.

“Alright. Tomorrow, I’ll have Sister Kui return it to you.”

Although Su Ji had just been disliking the belt, now that he actually held it in his hands, his eyes sparkled.

He kept thanking the big sister and hugged the belt to his chest.

This was good.

Lin Yi thought.

She had already completed her own transformation, from an otaku to a beautiful girl.

As for the belt, it had a price, but a child’s dream was priceless.

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After taking a bath at night, Lin Yi was brushing her teeth when her phone lit up.

It was Su Kui.

Su Kui: [Shared a video]

Su Kui: Thank you, Lin Yi.

In the video, Su Ji was wearing the loose belt, shouting the unpolished lines, transforming for Lin Yi to see.

When Yan Jianxing opened the door, she was momentarily stunned.

“Lin Yi, you look really happy.”

“Hehe, because I did a good deed.”